The Work Foundation is the leading think tank for improving work in the UK. We have been an authoritative, independent source of ideas and analysis on the labour market and the wider economy for over a hundred years.
Many people who receive Universal Credit (UC) face conditionality requirements which can impact on their ability to take part in training activity. Through qualitative interviews, this research explored how the training aspirations of people on UC are influenced by the conditionality requirements they are required to meet.
The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way in which people work, with a rise in remote and hybrid working. While many workers, businesses and sectors have benefited from changing working practices during the pandemic, disabled people bore the brunt of the pandemic’s economic consequences and experienced higher rates of unemployment and redundancies than non-disabled people.
This month’s labour market statistics show early signs of an oncoming crisis, but the UK response to the pandemic has shown that Government intervention in the labour market can be highly effective. In this blog we call on Government to respond with similar strength, implementing bold policy interventions to head off the forecast labour market crisis and offer certainty and stability to workers and employers alike.
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The Covid-19 pandemic prompted a surge in demand for courier and food delivery services in the UK. However, gig work is highly financially insecure. Recent research from Lancaster University highlights how unpaid waiting time plays a significant role in lowering average earnings for bike couriers and suggests new avenues to shift power to couriers.
We often discuss the role of the Government in supporting employees during the cost of living crisis, but it is equally important to understand what employers can do to support workers’ financial wellbeing. Here are some steps employers are taking and what else they could do.
These two briefings that set out the policy implications of research were undertaken to assess the drivers of digital poverty among rural communities in the North West of England, with recommendation set out both for regional and national policy makers.
As the cost-of-living crisis continues to escalate, workers across all sectors and employment types are increasingly facing tough decisions. Our Director, Ben Harrison, reflects on taking part in the BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme, and on the challenges facing workers and the Government.
This guide to digital boundaries and disconnection at work, produced jointly by the Work Foundation and Prospect, explores the implications of an 'always on' culture for businesses, teams and individuals, and lays out key principles to help employers develop their own approaches that support workers to fully disengage from work outside of core hours and when on leave.
In the first of our new guest blog series on insecure work, David Taylor and Simone Cheng (Senior Policy Advisers at Acas), explore the complex challenges of insecure work.
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In the second of our new insecure work blog series, Jamie Lawrence of @wagestream explores childcare-related underemployment and illustrates how employers can tackle it to improve financial wellbeing. https://t.co/rVWLY2ekUs
🏆This week #ResearchOfTheWeek goes to @resfoundation for their latest analysis exploring the impacts that rising energy bills could have on low-to-middle income households this winter. (1/7) https://t.co/Ww4uXtSyLy https://t.co/gAsnvBGXEg
RT @BRHarrison_: Millions of people will have zero options to manage these increases, especially those who were already vulnerable or only just making ends meet. The fear and anxiety they will now be feeling in the absence of any clarity from Govt on support measures is appalling. https://t.co/y9nW7ParA8
Comment from @BRHarrison_, Director, The Work Foundation on today's energy price cap rise⬇️ “Workers across the country will have woken to the news that they will need to pay 80% more for their energy bills at a time when they are already are already facing... (1/5) https://t.co/lcXdoeOI76
